WORLD HUNGER

Global Hunger is Getting Worse!

There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone on the planet. Yet as many as 828 million people still go hungry.

What is World Hunger?

Hunger is defined by the United Nations as the periods when people experience severe food insecurity—meaning that they go for entire days without eating due to lack of money, access to food, or other resources

Global Hunger Crisis in 2022:

Nearly 10% of people worldwide are now experiencing an increase in hunger, which has been progressively dropping for a decade. A catastrophe caused mainly by conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in the number of undernourished people of up to 150 million from 2019 to 2022.

14M children suffer from severe acute malnutrition

45% of child death worldwide are due to hunger and related causes.

700 children die each day from illnesses caused by dirty water and unhygienic living condition

What causes world hunger ?

💔Poverty

Poverty and hunger exist in a vicious cycle. Poor families usually can’t afford nutritious food, leading to undernourishment.

💔Food Shortage

Family forced to skip one or more meals each day before the next harvesting season in Africa known as the "hungry season". This is due to the food supplies from the previous harvest being exhausted.

💔War and Conflict

In South Sudan, civil war has led to mass displacement and abandoned fields. The result is crop failure which, combined with a soaring inflation rate that makes imported food unaffordable, has left 6 million people food-insecure

💔Climate Change

Too much, or too little, rainfall can destroy harvests or reduce the amount of animal pasture available. The World Bank estimates that climate change has the power to push more than 100 million people into poverty over the next decade.

💔Poor Nutrition

Poor families often rely on just one or two staple foods (like corn or wheat), which means they’re not getting enough critical macronutrients and vitamins, and may still suffer the effects of hunger

💔Poor Public Policy

Systemic problems, like poor infrastructure or low investment in agriculture, often prevent food and water from reaching the world populations that need them the most.

💔Economy

Much like the poverty-hunger cycle, a country’s economic resilience has a direct effect on its nutritional resilience.

💔Food Waste

According to the World Food Programme, 1/3 of all food produced over 1.3 billion tons of it is never consumed. What’s more, producing this wasted food also uses other natural resources that, when threatened, have a ripple effect in the countries that are already hit hardest by hunger, poverty, and climate change.

💔Gender Inequality

Female farmers are responsible for growing, harvesting, preparing, and selling the majority of food in poor countries. Women are at the frontlines of the fight against hunger yet they are frequently underrepresented at the forums where important decisions on policy and resources are made.

💔Forced Migration

Many refugees living abroad live in neighboring countries with limited resources, to begin with.